What Is Diamond Sulf And What Are Its Uses

When it comes to insoluble sulfur manufacturing there is a wide range of products that are available in the market. Depending on the quality and improved characteristics that they offer to rubber manufacturers, everyone picks the one that suits their needs the best. Diamond sulf is a popular high grade insoluble sulfur that satisfies the compounding requirements in a tire manufacturing industry.


And as you already know, insoluble sulfur is a vulcanizing agent that prevents rubber bloom, helping the rubber manufacturers to build rubber components that will last longer and have improved characteristics. 

Amidst all these Diamond sulf is an amorphous form of Sulfur in Polymeric form. Whereas the natural Sulfur is found in Crystalline and monomeric states in nature. These polymer chains in Diamond sulf contain several thousand micro fine sulfur particles. These chains help Diamond sulf become insoluble in all solvents and in rubber compounds by not taking part in cross linking reactions.


By using it, various rubber industries (especially the tire industry) is able to produce rubber goods that are later used to make our lives easy. 


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